Catalog Search Results
History Reference Center
Full-text articles to support research in history and genealogy and lesson plans to support student learning.
Language
Bosnian
Description
After the fall of the communist regime in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1991, Divko Buntic returns to his former home after a 20-year exile in Germany. Returning with an attractive young girlfriend, a flashy new Mercedes, a pocketful of cash, and a lucky black cat, things are looking good for Divko. When his cat goes missing, things begin to fall apart. Divko's personal tumult finds an unsettling mirror in the country at large with signs appearing that the...
2) Go west
Language
Bosnian
Description
Early 1990s, Yugoslavia. Milan, a student who is also a Serb from a patriarchal community, and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a homosexual couple living in Sarajevo. Initially trapped in Sarajevo, the lovers manage to flee to Milan's home village. Witnessing the brutality of Serb forces against Muslims, Milan disguises Kenan as a woman and begins to present him as his wife, Milena. Milan's best friend, Lunja discovers the secret. Milan is drafted into...
Language
Bosnian
Description
Besieged Sarajevo, 1993. Haska is 28 years old. She is in love with Elvir, but her love for her eight-year-old son Denis is even stronger. Denis has held a key role in her life ever since the war started. Haska tries to make her everyday life seem normal, even in a context of madness: a besieged city, heavily shelled, with no water or electricity. Elvir's death on the front, where he was a brigade commander, will shatter this apparent normality. When...